TAPIA AVILA, Candelaria

Other Events:

• Census: 1844, Los Angeles, Alta California; With mother, living in widowed maternal grandfather's household
• Census: 8 Jun 1860, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; husband absent, w/daughter, living w/single mother & half-siblings

Notes:

Birth:
CORRECT BIRTH MOTHER: Candelaria Tapia's marriage record lists her as a hija natural (born out of wedlock) to Antonia Tapia.
- Antonia Tapia, daughter of Jose Antonio Tapia and Maria Ana Verdugo, is the MOST LIKELY candidate to be the mother.

Christened:
CORRECT BAPTISM RECORD:
UNSUBSTANTIATED but MOST LIKELY this is the correct baptism record for Candelaria Tapia.
- Her marriage record lists her as a hija natural of Antonia Tapia.
- Baptism record does not list parents, but her baptism date aligns with her age listed in the 1844 Census record where she is living with the Tapia family.
- Baptism record lists legitimacy as es (espurio): illegitimate children of parents who could not marry, where one or both parents were currently married to someone else.
-- Antonia Tapia was single at this time, so the father must have been married to someone else.
- Baptism record lists one of the padrinos as Tomasa Tapia, who is Antonia Tapia's Aunt.

Name:
NAME VARIATIONS:
- Candelaria AVILA; Bap. record (T.W. Temple)
- Candelaria TAPIA; Marr. Record

Candelaria married ALVARADO, Miguel de los Santos 20 May 1855, Mission San Salvador Jurupa, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. Miguel (son of ALVARADO, Jose Miguel Dolores and AVILA, Maria Ysabel) was born Abt. Jul 1828, Los Angeles, Alta California; was christened 03 Jul 1828, Plaza Church, Los Angeles, Alta California. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 8 Jun 1860, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; father absent, w/mother, living in single mat. grandmother's household w/half-aunt and half-uncles

Notes:

Birth:
BIRTH DATE: Per Baptism Record